AMERICAN AUTO RACING WRITERS & BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION 2015
ALL-AMERICA TEAM
Founded in 1955, the American Auto Racing Writers and
Broadcasters Association (AARWBA) is a motorsports organization comprised of
writers, broadcasters, photographers, and other media-related professionals.
The organization's charter is aimed at providing not only proper recognition
for members of the motorsports media, but to recognize their work as well as
the work of the competitors that they follow in print, on the air, and on film.
AARWBA announced its first All-America Team following the
1970 season, and that annual tradition continued with the team being announced
for 2015's top performers. The
association's members vote on drivers within their participating categories of
racing. The driver receiving the most votes from each discipline is elected to
the All-America Team.
The AARWBA 2015 All-America Team members:
Scott Dixon was
the top vote getter in the Open Wheel division. Dixon claimed the Verizon
Indycar Series Championship driving for Target Chip Ganassi Racing, as he
clinched the crown with a victory at the season finale at Sonoma Raceway.
Road Racing saw the driving team of Joao Barbosa and Christian
Fittipaldi, earn the most votes on the strength of their United SportsCar
Championship with Action Express Racing. The team scored a pair of wins at Sebring
and Road Atlanta during the 2015 campaign.
World of Outlaws Sprint Car kingpin Donny Schatz led the vote tally in the Short Track Division.
Schatz's 31 wins, 60 top-fives and 70 top-tens highlighted his championship
year. Schatz's title was his seventh crown in the last ten seasons. Schatz is also
recognized as the Jerry Titus Memorial Trophy winner for the driver having the
most overall votes.
Kyle Busch led
the way in the Stock Car category. Busch claimed his first-career NASCAR Sprint
Cup championship after missing the season's first 11 events due to an injury
suffered in the Daytona Xfinity Series event. He capped off the year by winning
the title and the final race in Miami.
The Drag Racing category was led by Erica Enders who won her second straight NHRA Pro Stock
championship. Enders scored the Las Vegas Toyota Nationals win in November and
clinched her title with one event remaining in the season.
In the Touring Series, NASCAR Truck Series Champion Erik Jones earned the most votes. He
won three races at Iowa, Bowmanville Canada, and Ft. Worth, TX.
Indy Lights champ Spencer
Pigot was the "At Large" category's top vote earner. He swept the series'
final two races at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and won a scholarship to compete
in the 100th Indianapolis 500 for 2016.
Rico Abreu was
voted the Rising Star award on the strength of multiple open wheel dirt short
track victories including back-to-back Chili Bowl wins. Abreu will compete
full-time in the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for Thorsport Racing.
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